Romeo and Juliet (2013)
Faithful Shakespeare adaptation with Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Douglas Booth (LOL) as the doomed, star-crossed lovers. Written for the screen by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey and writer of films including Gosford Park and The Young Victoria. Co-stars Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti.
- Director:
- Carlo Carlei ('La corsa dell'innocente')
- Writer:
- Julian Fellowes
- Cast:
- Hailee SteinfeldPaul GiamattiEd WestwickStellan SkarsgårdDamian LewisDouglas BoothNatascha McElhoneKodi Smit-McPhee
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksWilliam Shakespeare's classic romance has been made into a musical (West Side Story), an animation (Gnomeo and Juliet) and MTV (Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet), among other things, so it's hard to know where's left for it to go onscreen.
Total Film
pressPerfectly respectable, but it won’t linger in the memory like Luhrmann’s.
Time Out
pressWill likely become a cheat sheet for slacking students, but it won’t inspire them to open their hearts to the text.
The New York Times
pressA sufficiently entertaining, adamantly old-fashioned adaptation... [doesn't] rise to the passionate intensity of its star-cross’d crazy kids.
The Guardian
pressIt has a sort of soapy reliability, but compare it to the blazing passion of Baz Luhrmann's modern-day version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danesin gangland LA and it looks pretty feeble.
The Dissolve
pressAn abbreviated version that preserves the high points, zips past the rest, and never approaches the depth of the full text.
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksWilliam Shakespeare's classic romance has been made into a musical (West Side Story), an animation (Gnomeo and Juliet) and MTV (Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet), among other things, so it's hard to know where's left for it to go onscreen.
Total Film
pressPerfectly respectable, but it won’t linger in the memory like Luhrmann’s.
Time Out
pressWill likely become a cheat sheet for slacking students, but it won’t inspire them to open their hearts to the text.
The New York Times
pressA sufficiently entertaining, adamantly old-fashioned adaptation... [doesn't] rise to the passionate intensity of its star-cross’d crazy kids.
The Guardian
pressIt has a sort of soapy reliability, but compare it to the blazing passion of Baz Luhrmann's modern-day version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danesin gangland LA and it looks pretty feeble.
The Dissolve
pressAn abbreviated version that preserves the high points, zips past the rest, and never approaches the depth of the full text.
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